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Old 02-02-2010, 08:11 PM
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Haven't got a lottie, but I do have a Shewee! When we go fishing not all places have facilities (and some of those that have I wouldn't go near!), Shewee's really useful - even if you're wearing trousers and thermals
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Old 02-02-2010, 09:51 PM
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Bucket in the shed for me too, I hold the door shut and I can see if anyone is coming near through the window. I was abit embarrased at first but when you gotta go you gotta go. There are some public loo's too far to walk to, but only a couple of mins in the car, so sometimes I just lock the shed leaving tools out and go there.
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Old 02-02-2010, 10:24 PM
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We're lucky - lottie is completely private - could run around naked if you really wanted too (we don't ).

If we didn't have that, I'm not sure what I'd do really (helpful as ever)... I'm pretty good at just waiting actually, years of practice in Courtrooms. I'd probably just hang on 'til I got home.
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:08 AM
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Bucket in shed for me too.
Just a thought though- why not get 4 pallets or old bits of fence panels and tie them together into a sort of compost shape. You could leave your bucket in there.
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:21 AM
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I have 2 sheds - one is the "glass shed" where I keep tools and grow stuff and the other is a tiny broken down old thing. I keep a bucket in the old shed to wee in and just pour it onto the compost heap.

If you don't have a shed etc., are there any trees/bushes down a quiet part of the site where you could go and hide behind? Otherwise what about (this is going to sound stupid, but it does work ok!) wearing a long cape and using a bucket. Ok people can see you but everything is hidden underneath the cape. This cape idea is very useful if you get stuck in a traffic jam on a motorway for example
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Old 03-02-2010, 12:37 PM
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This cape idea is very useful if you get stuck in a traffic jam on a motorway for example
My mum promotes her technique of pulling up, opening the off-side front AND rear doors and squatting between the two. Of course, if there are several passengers in the car it defeats the whole object!
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:21 PM
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Our allotment committee is investigating possibility of installing a composting toilet on communal space. Just waiting to hear from council about planning consents. When no one is looking I'll be discharging my excess nitrogen onto my compost heap.
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:28 PM
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When I was in india I saw women field workers lift their skirt and pee like a man. It just shot out. Maybe they had one of your shewees. Who knows? Maybe western women feel they must squat to go.
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Old 08-02-2010, 11:21 PM
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Old 08-02-2010, 11:32 PM
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I always thought it was a couple of shakes that did it
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Old 08-02-2010, 11:35 PM
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Just wouldn't feel comfortable. Always have a loo roll in the car and tissues about my person.
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Old 09-02-2010, 08:28 AM
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I can't imagine gardening in a long skirt!! Totally impractical unless you've just popped to the lottie for a quick harvest. I couldn't dig in a skirt.
One has one's staff to do the digging

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My mum promotes her technique of pulling up, opening the off-side front AND rear doors and squatting between the two. Of course, if there are several passengers in the car it defeats the whole object!
Wouldn't work for me, my car doesn't have rear doors
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Old 09-02-2010, 12:16 PM
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Didn't work for me either. My beloved drove away and exposed me. He thought it was hilarious. Not so me!
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Old 01-03-2010, 02:48 PM
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our site had a loo in a caravan. by the time i found out it was there it had been burnt down. :O(

No shed, short drive home but a maccy D's just up the road. Which i think defeats the object of me trying to grow healthly food but keeps the boys happy.

My mum has always gardened in a long skirt but its not for me.

Oh and my DS (4) now loves weeing outside but my mum is not pleased with him doing it all over there garden at home.
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Old 01-03-2010, 07:16 PM
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No sheds on our site, plus fairly exposed and overlooked....I planted a double row of raspberries that serves the wife and kids well.....not much good in winter though!...never met a mother without a tissue in her pocket/voluminous handbag yet.

Surely you can find a subtle spot to utilize your compost activating bucket?

Why anyone thinks that anybody else would be interested in /have nothing better to do than/ get a cheap thrill from watching your moonshines is beyond me though. Most folk would look away.

If you do have a site pervert something loud like "Oi, Grandad want a bowl for your eyes" should do the trick....if not the contents..if well aimed should act a deterrent.
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Old 01-03-2010, 09:34 PM
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Didn't know the picture would come out quite that large!
ollie it would make a great dibber and you could run your seeds down the middle of it before
pulling it out
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Old 01-03-2010, 10:31 PM
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ollie it would make a great dibber and you could run your seeds down the middle of it before
pulling it out
Please don't be confused into thinking that I own one of these...I have my own dibber!

That said, you're right!
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Old 07-03-2010, 11:01 PM
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Bucket in the shed - or long hike across playing field and road for smellier and dirtier public loos. Bucket usually wins
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